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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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